OREGON ST. NO. 1 IN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL POLL
TUCSON, Ariz. — Oregon St. (55-12-1) is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball’s final 2018 NCAA Div. I baseball poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum after winning its third national championship with a 5-0 win over Arkansas.
The Beavers were ranked No. 1 in nine Collegiate Baseball polls during the 2018 season and become the ninth program in NCAA history with three College World Series titles. OSU won six elimination games during its run to the CWS title.
Kevin Abel threw a complete game shutout, striking out 10 Razorbacks, to record his fourth win of the College World Series, a new CWS record for victories. Abel allowed just two hits and retired the final 20 batters he faced.
Adley Rutschman tallied three hits in the contest, passing Jacoby Ellsbury for the Oregon State single-season record with 102, and setting a new College World Series record with 17 hits.
Head Coach Pat Casey also earned his 900th victory at Oregon State with the championship game win over Arkansas.
The Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1959 college baseball season.
Collegiate Baseball’s
NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll
(As of June 29, 2018)
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| Rank | Team (Record) | Points | PVS |
| 1. | Oregon St. (55-12-1) | 495 | 1 |
| 2. | Arkansas (48-21) | 491 | 4 |
| 3. | Florida (49-21) | 489 | 2 |
| 4. | Mississippi St. (39-29) | 486 | 8 |
| 5. | North Carolina (44-20) | 483 | 3 |
| 6. | Texas Tech. (45-20) | 480 | 6 |
| 7. | Texas (42-23) | 477 | 5 |
| 8. | Washington (35-26) | 475 | 7 |
| 9. | Minnesota (44-15) | 473 | 9 |
| 10. | Stetson (48-13) | 472 | 10 |
| 11. | Duke (45-18) | 471 | 11 |
| 12. | South Carolina (37-26) | 468 | 12 |
| 13. | Tennessee Tech. (53-12) | 466 | 13 |
| 14. | Cal. St. Fullerton (36-25) | 464 | 14 |
| 15. | Auburn (43-23) | 462 | 15 |
| 16. | Vanderbilt (35-27) | 461 | 16 |
| 17. | Clemson (47-16) | 460 | 17 |
| 18. | Stanford (46-12) | 457 | 18 |
| 19. | Mississippi (48-17) | 455 | 19 |
| 20. | Georgia (39-21) | 452 | 20 |
| 21. | Southern Mississippi (44-18) | 450 | 21 |
| 22. | N.C. State (42-18) | 447 | 22 |
| 23. | Louisville (45-19) | 445 | 23 |
| 24. | Oklahoma (38-25) | 443 | 24 |
| 25. | UCLA (38-21) | 440 | 25 |
| 26. | Houston (38-25) | 439 | 26 |
| 27. | Connecticut (37-22-1) | 438 | 27 |
| 28. | Coastal Carolina (43-19) | 435 | 28 |
| 29. | East Carolina (44-18) | 434 | 29 |
| 30. | St. John’s (40-17) | 430 | 30 |
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